Believe it or not my dad taught me shoot on his brownbess musket. 20 years later and many guns later the old Bess is still my go to gun for a fun day on the range. Thank you mike, loving this series!
@Nick-wn1xw3 жыл бұрын
I don’t believe it! Okay I believe you. What a great way to learn shooting!
@mshapiro643 жыл бұрын
I agree, the Pedersoli Brown Bess is loads of fun. I would also recommend their Hapers Ferry Model 1816 musket as well.
@bigrickshaberdashery27592 жыл бұрын
I like the Harper Ferry 1832 with shortened barrel and percussion upgrade. Nice in the bush and a .69 cal, shooting .672 round balls in paper cartridges makes for a good day.
@buckshot44283 жыл бұрын
That thing shoots like a boss Mike. Thanks for sharing.
@michael.w.salter3 жыл бұрын
I think this is the second video of yours I’ve seen where you polished the bore. That’s a lot of work, but worth it. Thanks for the instructional video.
@45auto3 жыл бұрын
An hour of burnishing? Oof, that sounds tiring but the results speak for themselves.
@CST-ft9dv3 жыл бұрын
I was like, Did he just say an HOUR? *REWINDS* YES, yes he did.
@VladiSSius3 жыл бұрын
With results like this? I'd pay two hours gladly :))
@mr.mojorisin99993 жыл бұрын
An hour really isnt that long, ive gotten lost in work before and came out of the shop with the sunrise.
@michaelpriest62423 жыл бұрын
So knowledgeable and so generous! Thank you Mike for sharing your treasure trove of knowledge.
@jamessirman66223 жыл бұрын
Been shooting muzzle loaders for 45 years and I'm still learning new stuff. Your an excellent resource and a great teacher.
@bobdunn41793 жыл бұрын
Wow! Impressive accuracy from a smooth bore!
@stevesmolik243 жыл бұрын
Mike, Thank you for the information you presented on polishing and burnishing the bore. I use a .715 round ball with lubed paper in my Bess and can keep 4 of 5 hits within a 7in circle at 25yds using 120grs of 2f powder. I am definitely going to follow your information on polishing the bore and go to a .690 round ball. Keep up with your great videos!!! They are the highlight of my week! Steve
@uncletom29623 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial. Can’t wait for your practical accuracy test.
@Marcus2750-u1t3 жыл бұрын
Yes modern arms are better in every way but that doesn’t take away from what a front stuffer can do! Same power you just use more powder and accurate as can be! The only drawback is you gotta load it every single round but thats just what they had back then, Im grateful for them because they made what guns are today!! Much respect!
@michaelpriest62423 жыл бұрын
Every round is, at least can be, a custom round.
@509Gman3 жыл бұрын
Enough power in the right circumstances sure, but nowhere near the same as modern. I take your meaning tho.
@G-man454442 жыл бұрын
Well after seeing this video I polished the note of my Fowler …. I too found it a little rough toward the muzzle now it’s shined and super smooth. Thanks Mike
@MPGunther13 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mike, Another fun day at the Dualist Den
@garyjones3023 Жыл бұрын
A great tutorial on how to improve the barrel of a smoothbore musket. I learned a lot and have 2 muskets that may benefit from a polish. I've watched several of your videos and enjoy all of them, especially the black powder ones.
@roryhertzog52823 жыл бұрын
Excellent presentation. I agree with your opinions on tactics and aiming. I shot an exact replica of the Lewis and Clark air rifle. It hit a small target at 50 yards.
@patrickedwards71073 жыл бұрын
I'm sure they wont be happy with us if we show up to do the woods walk with ol' bess looks to pulverize whatever that ball hits. Thank you for all of the material you've put together on this particular longarm it's been very helpful.
@gdreilly2 жыл бұрын
Glad you mentioned this during your talk yesterday at Fort Loudoun. I missed it when you originally posted it. I will need to try it
@mikeolszewski46823 жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to explain the polishing & burnishing processes.
@sergeant0613 жыл бұрын
Great video, i have a Hawken 50 cal that gave me the same problem. i could get off 3 rounds then it would be hard to load. I started using a thinner and well lubed patch on the ball, which resulted in a better seal and better accuracy.
@ukaszdziadek90532 жыл бұрын
I know it's a bit late to answer but whatever. Hawken .45 here, had the same issue. Started to use thinner patches which I dipped in a solution made of 1 part ballistol, 7 parts water. Patches are not wet but damp. Now I am able to shoot 30ish times without having to clean the barrel. Love my hawken to bits.
@redsky85093 жыл бұрын
fixed, and you hit that small target, great job all around.
@gtptvanbuuren37953 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great video. We are never too old to learn new tricks. 'Old and Wise has the Eyes.'....Tim
@vekose97133 жыл бұрын
Awesome video Mike! Really enjoying these brown bess videos I really have a soft spot for these 1700s type firearms.
@HDSME4 ай бұрын
THANK YOU. MIKE!!!
@stevencunningham46803 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mike for answering my question on the Griswald & Gunnison.
@singleshot22183 жыл бұрын
Good job Mike!
@rickhatch78003 жыл бұрын
Great info . I have done similar to a used Hawken I got but I used Tooth paste and also some of my wife’s emulsifying cream , very minimal grit .
@mistermatt90563 жыл бұрын
Great video Mike, thanks!
@GaryED443 жыл бұрын
Is it possible for a video to make you want a flintlock? YES YES I want a Brown Bess!! Love your videos sir I’ll be back for sure
@nolancoldwell30452 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your videos! Your awesome knowledge taught me so much about these guns and now I have several including an original 1771 brown bess!
@cbtri153 жыл бұрын
Another great video Mike. Thanks. I love my Pedersoli Brown Bess also.
@Oliverj17983 жыл бұрын
Another great video Mike. I enjoy all your videos, but have really gotten a lot out of your recent smoothbore episodes. They have helped me get my new 28 gauge fowler ready for deer season. I have been pleasantly surprised by my round ball accuracy and have put to use many of your tips and suggestions. After watching this I am going to polish and burnish the bore as well. Thank you!
@murphy4yt3 жыл бұрын
Great video! I’ve wanted a smoothbore trade musket or officer’s fusil for a while now, and you may have just pushed me over the edge.
@string-bag3 жыл бұрын
Great video Mike, I love the Bess.
@boomschofield3148 Жыл бұрын
When I was going thru the Mountain Phase of Ranger Training at Camp Merrill, the locals in Dahlonega, who were NOT very fond of what they called Federal Troops, but somehow took a shine to me; probably because I was a gun nut and a black powder enthusiast. (They also hadn't seen many Marines at that Army School...) I saw many Winchester 94's and '95 carbines a whole lot of military surplus (I do so Love Krag Carbines!!!) One acquaintance was a bearded gentleman who displayed his Brown Bess smooth bore which did my heart good!!! I'm sure this man was up against Winchester Model 70's Remington Model 700's and Ruger M77's but I was told he got his deer every year, as did his Father, and his Father, and his Father, and his Father etc. That was 1975, I don't believe they had a Black Powder Season yet but in those heavy woods, like it or not, they had the final word, no they were the final word. (They called paper targets Shermans.) I hope when the Good Lord calls me home I get to see them again.
@damianalaniz11183 жыл бұрын
Mike! Thank you so much, I know I was not supposed to do this to an original Brown Bess but I did this and by God it is very accurate!
@steamboatmodel3 жыл бұрын
It would have been interesting to have seen some before and after photos of the inside of the barrel, to see how much the barrel changed.
@duelist19543 жыл бұрын
The changes are nearly microscopic, but the ifference in loading ease is obvious to the shooter
@herbertsmith64162 жыл бұрын
Good job
@Matzah19823 жыл бұрын
I've shot a short naval brown bess accurately at up to 50 yards. It's not a tack driver but at 50 yards it will consistently hit a 1 foot by 1 foot solid steel plate from 50 yards away
@johngallagher23133 жыл бұрын
Impressive results
@blackpowderfirearmenthusia31943 жыл бұрын
Nice shots and you did an awesome job on the bore. I'm impressed.
@johnndavis7647 Жыл бұрын
You put so much work into Italian guns to improve them. For the benefit of the thousands of black powder enthusiast who buy them. I would like to see what you could do with an Inda made musket. There are several companies that import them. They are not that expensive which is why people buy them. Thanks for all you do. John Davis Jax Fl
@olskool39673 жыл бұрын
as always, a good video mike,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
@christopherchiaro47132 жыл бұрын
Great Video!!
@lifebiker1053 жыл бұрын
Very Enjoyable. Thank you Mike . Love to watch you shoot. And swordplay. All the things im intrested in. Have a Great Week. Joe.
@tatianawiser78433 жыл бұрын
Hmmm, I have that same issue with my 1853 British Enfield . I think I’ll get out the steel wool and the scrubber pad to do the same thing! Never thought of doing that before
@henryofskalitz2228 Жыл бұрын
That bess is thunderous
@Everythingblackpowder3 жыл бұрын
Nice shooting!
@thompsonjerry34123 жыл бұрын
Odd, Pedersoli is very proud of their barrel making.
@wagon9082 Жыл бұрын
Good Video
@Rumblestrip3 жыл бұрын
Good shooting Mike. Thanks
@UncleSasquatchOutdoors3 жыл бұрын
Pedersoli and Uberti make some nice guns but they don't seem to take enough time to do things like properly polishing the bore as in your case. Great video!
@keithbozin12283 жыл бұрын
Always enjoy your videos
@lisar30063 жыл бұрын
A friend of mine has a Fusil de Tulle custom built I forget the gun smith who did it for him but it is a very accurate musket with a patched ball. It has the turtle front sight like most the Tulle musket but Jerry has a rear sight on it also. My 1816 war fairly accurate (pederosoli) and so is my Armi Sport 1842. I sold the 1816 sorry I did but I wanted an 1876 Winchester on 45-60 but I swapped it for an 1860 Henry by Uberti, You helped my figure out how to cut down 45-70 brass to make 45-60. that worked out great
@dannyhanke43383 жыл бұрын
I miss “the bad guys view.”
@markfisher82062 жыл бұрын
Well shoot ! off to Home Depot to by a dowel! Great video great tip
@matt597363 жыл бұрын
Okay now I'm on a mission to own a brown bes great video.
@GaryED443 жыл бұрын
Eagerly awaiting the video where you see how far the Bess can shoot accurately
@chickensandwich15892 жыл бұрын
I shot my carbine version at 50 yards from a bench and bag, three groups of five on a 11x8.5" piece of paper. Two groups were five for five on, the other was four of five. All fifteen shots being military paper cartridged .69 caliber roundball with 120gr of Goex FF, 16gr FFFF in the pan. No cleaning in-between groups.
@48vdcwrld3 жыл бұрын
Excellent tutorial Mike, great info thanks...
@rudynorvelle28703 жыл бұрын
I am waiting right now for Dixie to send me my Pedersoli Brown Bess and I am looking forward to it for sure.
@CrimeVid3 жыл бұрын
I would have used a cloth mop (like the steel wool one) and a generous helping of Solvol Autosol (chrome polish) to finish up with.
@t.curran82433 жыл бұрын
I scrubbed my Lyman GPR 54 caliber with the 3m pad before re I ever shot it. It is as slick as can be and loads as baby as you can stand.
@marvinwebb14653 жыл бұрын
Just found out what to do to my French 20 gauge fusil!
@stevecoffman15763 жыл бұрын
Very cool Mike.
@karsonbranham39003 жыл бұрын
Great shooting!!
@johnndavis76473 жыл бұрын
Great fun! Thanks.
@clifflee74613 жыл бұрын
Nice work great Gun top shooting Cheers Mike
@raccoonlittlebear64763 жыл бұрын
Hey Mike, I just saw your article in Muzzleloader magazine. Great one! Thanks for the lesson on bore polishing as well. Happy trails. (Trump 2020!)
@joeeckley52723 жыл бұрын
Guess we'll have to wait until 2024, and hopefully the brain-dead idiots that voted for Sleepy Joe, will come to their senses, or become a hunting accident!
@emmettjenkins80263 жыл бұрын
I tear my paper cartridges with my fingers. Holding cartridge and barrel in one hand tear with other. I know historically mouth tearing is correct, but I don't need the paper taste. After I watched hour video using the scouring pads I used scouring pads on my rifle and it helped loading also.
@SteveAubrey17623 жыл бұрын
Actually, tearing the cartridge by hand was standard for the British army. The colonial and French used their teeth.
@nonsibi10872 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Mike, for presenting the problem of bore fouling even when shooting the historically correct ball. And, may I suggest, the period solution is readily apparent and simply available. The .69" ball was loaded by the infantry in a paper cartridge. You are apparently not doing that. In my experience, a critical component IS the paper cartridge which scourers the bore on loading, sending residue to the breech each time, and filling much of the "wind-age" gap between ball & bore upon ignition of the propellant powder. With the historically correct 3/32" vent (Pedersoli guns have too small a vent!) and paper cartridges holding .69" balls, I've had NO ignition failures nor tight bores at the shooting range nor difficulty burning through all 24 cartridges in my cartridge box. Accuracy improved, too, with the paper cartridge acting, perhaps, somewhat as a sabot.
@christophermccormick27143 жыл бұрын
Great video! I would love to see what that bore looks like after all that work.
@d.barney24243 жыл бұрын
I'm impressed. Enough said.
@stevebuckskinner54823 жыл бұрын
This was a great video!! 👍👍👍
@t.curran82433 жыл бұрын
I tried the 3M method on my new GPR fainter. Haven't shot it yet, but you can tell the bore gets smoother from less resistance when swabbing it.
@williamhoppe45003 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all your videos. Fun and great information.
@Hercules1-v9m3 жыл бұрын
Imagine taking that deer hunting.
@ericdee68023 жыл бұрын
With a .690 ball, I think you will only come back with hamburger.🤣
@la_old_salt22413 жыл бұрын
@@ericdee6802 Oh, it's not that bad. Now a .378 Whetherby, yes.
@paulmazan49093 жыл бұрын
I've shot several deer over the years with 68 cal. round balls and there simply leave a hole where they passed through. Same as shooting them with a 12 gauge slug.
@turtlewolfpack60613 жыл бұрын
@@ericdee6802 it isn't like a 7mm Ultra Mag or .30-.378 Weatherby at 50 meters. Those make a mess out of a whitetail even with proper shot placement.
@alifr40883 жыл бұрын
Just load it with some buckshot and you're ready to go
@dturner2089 Жыл бұрын
Looks great! You always get the best out of your guns while being informative and engaging. The average soldier didn't have a musket as well polished as yours is now. The Bess and Charleville muskets were chosen for rate of fire(3 to 4 per minute) not so much accuracy. I have read accounts of cartridges made with smaller ball to account for many more shots before barrel fouling made loading the musket problematic. The manual of arms I have seen(Von Steuben's Blue book page 17), had the soldier prime the pan before charging the barrel. So getting a consistent charge on the barrel was unlikely. By the same token, some table hunters or market hunters may have gone to more pains to squeeze accuracy out of their muskets. If they couldn't get enough accuracy, they would load "Buck n Ball" to wound an animal sufficiently to assure harvesting.
@williamcrawford79823 жыл бұрын
Awesome, welldone what fun.👍
@davidcaudill11083 жыл бұрын
I bought one of Pedersoli's Brown Bess kits and they drilled out the ramrod pipe pin holes all crooked so there wasn't but a 6th of an inch of wood holding them on. I'd be afraid to draw or replace the ramrod with any kind of urgency in fear of cracking the stock. The touch hole was also positioned at the base of the pan just like yours.
@engsetters4633 Жыл бұрын
I have one, going from cartridge guns to this, the delay in videos doesn't seem like a whole lot, but trust me it takes a lot of practice because when you're the one shooting the delay feels like forever.
@flintymcduff5417 Жыл бұрын
I've shot flintlocks for over 40 years. The lock time doesn't ever feel slow to me.
@straightpipec60993 жыл бұрын
Nice one
@t.curran82433 жыл бұрын
Italians have a long, 3 hour lunch" at about 1 pm. You may have gotten your Brown Bess from the afternoon shift. I'm thinking of getting the Brown Bess To ndians Trade musket. I like the idea of having the option of shot or ball.
@62MountainDew623 жыл бұрын
You can use shot in a Bess. I bought 11 gauge cards from Dixie Gun Works, and put shot through mine. I got a nice grouse the first time I took it out.
@mleeeklund67543 жыл бұрын
I'd really like to see you test fire buck and ball load for the brown bess.
@blairroth18123 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@psujajean-francois19313 жыл бұрын
bonjour de france vos vidéos sont très bien je me suis abonné. continuez
@stevemiller74333 жыл бұрын
"Rifling? We don't need no stinking rifling!"
@TornadoCrewStormChasers2 жыл бұрын
At the beginning I thought you were going to use valve grinding grease on a patch like you would if you were lapping a rifle barrel. Looks like you did it right though.
@Flintlock853 жыл бұрын
Hi Mike! Great job with your Bess! I would love for you to demo/explain your sight picture/hold for this weapon...since it has no rear sight. I'm not as consistent when live shooting and aiming with my Brown Bess. Some of it is a little flinching I'm sure, but it is also getting an established sight picture/hold with only the front bayonet lug to guide me. You seem to be putting them right in there, so how are you aiming to compensate for no rear sight? Thanks much!!
@WendiGonerLH Жыл бұрын
These easily-fixed bore issues seem to be a common theme for pedersoli guns. Shame because from what I can tell they’re one of the better companies that manufacture black powder guns on the large scale.
@michaelray40333 жыл бұрын
Great, just great: now I gotta go get one for myself. Darn.
@brianalbee4153 Жыл бұрын
I was checking out those flex hones for a slightly pitted Damascus shotgun I want to shoot black powder shells from, but they are ungodly expensive for a home hobbyist working on a cheap old gun. I like your technique and am going this route, thanks! I wonder if following up the burnishing with degreasing and some cold bluing in the bore might further prevent corrosive action, especially with home brew primers I'm using?
@GaryED443 жыл бұрын
after watching your vids on the Bess I searched youtube for more and found one Hickok45 did a while back and in a closeup it looks like his Bess has a low touch hole as well. Also its looked like his was an India pattern Bess, I think thats what the shorter one is called.
@jimboote3123 жыл бұрын
Deepen the pan for a low vent hole. Would you deepen it by how much higher the vent should have been? 16th” maybe?
@craigcook15713 жыл бұрын
Cool👍
@plop553 жыл бұрын
I wonder if that process done to a lesser extent would help a rifled piece. I had a few .50 cal long rifles some you could shoot all day long without cleaning and some you would have to swab it out after two shots because of how hard it was to load.
@alifr40883 жыл бұрын
Time to attemp making this musket.....
@johnndavis76473 ай бұрын
Is that dark colored metal finishing pad more or less aggressive than the red 3m metal finishing pad? Thanks for all you do.
@Cannontime3 жыл бұрын
Cool!!!!
@nategross75683 жыл бұрын
@duelist1954 I got a similar problem with my Investarm .54 smoothbore. You think it would be worth even trying with a chrome lined bore?
@DaleRaby2 жыл бұрын
Have you ever tried saturating a patch with lapping compound and grease/oil? It worked well on my Ruger Flat Top's forcing cone... though using lead bullets and no patch.
@duelist19542 жыл бұрын
Yes, but I used it on a patch. I think it is a good way to finish, but it isn't abrasive enough to smooth a rough muzzleloader bore.
@keishamdevson92173 жыл бұрын
What will be the effective range of this brown bess musket???🤔🤔🤔 I like this gun.